I find it helpful to think of different bits of me. My “Inner Toddler” is the bit which Wants things, or is upset by things. If I just tell it to shut up, it will become recalcitrant. If I listen to it, even though I will not necessarily do what it says, it is happier and I am happier.
This is why I am not Rationalist. I try to use Rationality to understand the World, and “myself”, but I use emotion to set my goals, just as it gives me my rewards.
I see “Me” as all that is within my skin.
I find it helpful to think of different bits of me. My “Inner Toddler” is the bit which Wants things, or is upset by things. If I just tell it to shut up, it will become recalcitrant. If I listen to it, even though I will not necessarily do what it says, it is happier and I am happier.
This is why I am not Rationalist. I try to use Rationality to understand the World, and “myself”, but I use emotion to set my goals, just as it gives me my rewards.